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Hpkid Indoor Kids Playground by SpActrum Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
SpActrum acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Hpkid Indoor Kids Playground by SpActrum has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Hpkid Indoor Kids Playground
HPKID is an indoor children playground in Wuhan with a total area of 1200 square meters. The design is inspired by nature, the universe and hills. The Universe zone invites children to explore abstract geometry, and the Mountain zone encourages physical movement. Children can run on the hillside and pass through caves of different depths. Some caves are connected, so children can climb up and down. Digital modeling was used to test the geometry, and steel plates were laser cut and coded for accurate construction on site.
About SpActrum
Yan Pan, the co-founder and design principle of SpActrum. He graduated from the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, London, under the supervision of the legendary architect and architectural educator Professor Sir Peter Cook. Pan started his career in London since 2003, and has worked in high-profile design firms, such as Fosters + Partners, KPF and RTKL.
Award Record
With this recognition, SpActrum is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award
The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Entries typically include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. Awarded interior designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/95612
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/95612
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!95612
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/264172
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.spactrum.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Hpkid Indoor Kids Playground
- Function
- Indoor Kids Playground
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Gainsboro, Dark Olive Green, Burly Wood, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Khaki
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- SpActrum
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #95612
Credits
- Team
- Yan Pan, Zhen Li, Yimeng Tang, Ying Li, Anran Lao, Ruixue Fan, Junyou Chen, Yile Xu, Yanan Wang, Junyi Chen, Milos Bojinovic, Hao Chen and Yameng Mao, Xiaodan Chang, Nan Sun, Suqi Huang, Qingyang Xu
- Image Credits
- image: Hanqi Li
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- It tries to provide a space not only to encourage children to play and learn, but to free children’s imagination and to allow creative interaction with abstract geometry, instead of with figures and motifs created for children. It is inspired by nature, the universe and hills. Digital modeling techniques have been used to test the geometry.
- Inspiration
- The HP Kid Space project tries to propose its own opinions on the above issues. The design started from observing a social phenomenon and gives a possible outside-the-box solution. The intention was to help children to develop their consciousness and bodies without reference to the common motifs that adults have created for them.
- Research
- The transformationbetween shapes is anotherfocus of this design. Unless the geometry of the transfer surface is specifically defined by programming, the fillet command will connect the two adjacent faces by a face composed of circular arcs.With the adjustment ofthefilletradius, the relationship between the radius and the distance between the two surfaces, and the categories of the two surfaces themselves, this seemingly simpleoverlapping relationship can bring about several changes in form andcreate a different psychological experience.
- Challenge
- The difficulty of construction mainly arose from the broken and split shapes after the fillet operation. The huge orbit belts fly in the air, which means that the weight of the exterior cover is wholly supported by the suspended skeleton. The necessary hanging ribs provide auxiliary support and stability in the large spans. A set of digital-control drawings of the colourful ground paving is also mapped by 3D computer design, to ensure the accuracy of installation.
- Realization and Technology
- The design team participated in furthering the design of the grid support system within the Cosmos zone. The collaboration with GRG, the manufacturer, helped to develop the method of construction by steel plates and also a grooving system to complete the insertions. At the same time, a complex coding system was applied to the steel pieces to indicate the position of each steel plate in the whole system. The final achievement was a set of laser cutting diagrams. The production model file and the CAD file were edited in two layers, the cutting layer and the laser layer.
- Operation and Interaction
- The disappearance of urban natural spaces, brought about by consumerism and urbanization, isolates children from nature. This project attempts to give children a chance to reconnect with nature. They can enter the hall, run on the hillside and pass through the caves, exploring the different depths. Some caves are connected, and children can climb up and down through them.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2018 in Beijing and construction finished in May 2019 in Wuhan, and went into operation in Wuhan in mid-2019.
- Specifications
- The site has a total area of 1200 Sq.mt.
- Keywords
- playground, interior, kid, children, education
